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The Dragon's Second-Best Friend

A stone-carver is hired to make a memorial for a dragon's favorite human. The dragon keeps rejecting every version because grief has made remembering difficult, and finishing the work requires a friendship neither of them is willing to call a replacement.

Cozy fantasy
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The God Who Lost His Favorite Mortal

A minor god follows an ordinary mortal who has stopped making offerings. The mortal is still alive and content, which is the one outcome the god has never learned to understand.

Mythic fantasy
The Dust Has Learned to Dance cover

The Dust Has Learned to Dance

A cleaner who once trained as a dancer finds dust moving through the routines she abandoned. Following its small performances reveals a neighbor's hidden history and a chance to return to movement without pretending her body or life has stood still.

Magical realism
The Cloud Who Needed a Stepladder cover

The Cloud Who Needed a Stepladder

A small adult cloud is frightened of heights and chooses to live above a flowerpot. A patient window cleaner helps it find a useful sky of its own.

Children's book
The Sea Monster Is Learning to Float cover

The Sea Monster Is Learning to Float

A retired ferry keeper discovers the harbor's enormous sea monster cannot float. Teaching it means asking a town built on heroic monster stories to welcome an embarrassingly ordinary beginner.

Cozy fantasy